In Summary

• Depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel,the way you think and how you act.
• It is characterized by persistent sadness and a lack of interest or pleasure in previously rewarding or enjoyable activities.

Many people seems to suffer depression at an early age but they don’t know how to overcome depression.

Depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel,the way you think and how you act.

According to WHO,depression is characterized by persistent sadness and a lack of interest or pleasure in previously rewarding or enjoyable activities.

Depression is a leading cause of disability around the world and contributes greatly to the global burden of disease.

Symptoms

Although depression may occur only once during your life,people typically have multiple episodes.

During these episodes,symptoms occur most of the day,nearly every day and may include:

• Feelings of sadness, tearfulness, emptiness or hopelessness.
• Angry outbursts, irritability or frustration, even over small matters.
• Loss of interest or pleasure in most or all normal activities, such as sex, hobbies or sports.
• Sleep disturbances, including insomnia or sleeping too much.
• Tiredness and lack of energy, so even small tasks take extra effort.
• Reduced appetite and weight loss or increased cravings for food and weight gain.

Five Tips on how to overcome depression

Commit to getting help

Make an appointment with a mental health professional.

If you’re feeling unremittingly down, if you’ve lost interest in life, if your sleep and your appetite are altered, if you feel hopeless and if you are having thoughts of hurting yourself, these sorts of things get help because those are signs of  depression.

Getting help is especially important if you’ve experienced those symptoms for a couple of months.

Lifestyle interventions can help

It turns out that what is good for the body is also good for the brain.

 Try to do the sort of things that you would do for your physical health .Think about what you’d do if you wanted to deal with your heart health and do the same thing.

All those things are also antidepressants.Note that managing body weight, eating healthy foods, getting enough sleep, getting enough exercise and  getting sunlight are important for your health.

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Be around people

Try to maintain close relationships with people ,don’t sit a lone and speak out.

 Sometimes  its very hard when you’re depressed but it is probably the single most important thing,which is trying to maximize our interpersonal connections with other people

If you have caring,smaller,supportive relationships with other people, it’s a big protective factor against getting depressed. It’s also a factor that can really help you get over depression.

Don’t give up

Be persistent in seeking help from people around you and if you can’t get visit the nearest hospital for counselling

Embrace appreciation

Generate a state of thankfulness.

Work on developing an attitude of gratitude to people around you because by doing so you give them energy of helping you.

Sometimes doing so is not always easy when you’re depressed but if If you can make it a habit, it can be very powerful both to prevent depression, but also to feel better if you are depressed.

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